Should videogames include content which raises moral and ethical questions?
2. Does Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 do a good job of it? If you’ve got a short attention span, the answers are: 1. Yes. 2. Nope. More? Should videogames include content which raises moral and ethical questions? Videogames are as much a part of mainstream entertainment as literature, film, TV, music and art, and in fact have a greater impact in pure terms of revenue, attention and impact in some cases – including Call of Duty. As such they should, in theory, span the same ranges of artistic and intellectual merit that appears in other entertainment, and the same ranges of moral, ethical and intellectual challenges. In the past, they’ve generally not achieved this for various reasons. The valid perception has been that videogames were childish entertainment with a focus on pushing technology rather than emotion. But this shouldn’t remain the case. The same concerns have been levelled at every other form of entertainment since the printing press popularised literature. And every form o
